Tying Knots

[Rikugurl]

Ven's eyes lowered but he nodded. "You better." He said strongly. He had that keyblade for a long time. Oathkeeper was the blade he was given in his Awakening... and lost it when he was frozen. He never thought he'd miss it so much until Roxas took it from him.

It was odd... Oathkeeper had a paopu fruit for it's charm... as if telling the blonde where his lost brother was. On the only world in the universe that had this fruit. On an island that had this fruit... People in his travels would ask what that odd looking charm was... and he always replied with 'I'm not sure.' He knew now as he stood there looking at it sway in Roxas' hand.

Keyblades were evil... so why did they do so good at times? He shook his head and looked at Terra as he started to talk. They only did good because their masters wanted them to.


Axel's eyes became more hurt as he heard Terra say that line. He had protected that keyblade from the organization... it was meant for Roxas to have... At the time when he couldn't express how he felt for the blonde... the name of the keyblade started to form. Bond...

He looked away, his eyes starting to water a bit as he bit his lip, trying to push them back. How could they... just take it away so easily. It was the keyblade for Roxas to remember him by as he faded. Even if he was still here...

He looked up, hearing his name. Something about his temper. Yea...


Goofy jumped as he heard that he and Donald were to stay back. "GWARSH!" He frowned with his friend, seeing that he was upset too. He placed a finger at his mouth as he listened and nodded. Yea... he guess it made sense. Goofy still had plenty of High Potions to make sure everyone was in good health.

And Terra was right, there combos did punch a powerful attack and got things done faster. Plus they were fun!


Fran nodded as she listened, taking his advise. She smiled softly, seeing how the land keyblader held himself as he commanded. He was really a great leader... and they were lucky to have him on their side.

She would have to use her bow and swords. That was no problem at all.


Fujin frowned as she heard him say something to protect her. She didn't think that would happen... everyone would be too busy to do so if she had to do a spell... but she nodded anyway. When this battle was over... and they survived... she would really have to work on her majick and speed.


As for Riku, a stern look ran over his face. He'd been through a hell of a lot... almost as much as Sora. Unlike his lover and husband, he didn't get to sleep for two years. He nodded, kind of raising an eyebrow. Talking about Saix, he looked around, seeing that the blue haired man was not with them. He knew he was badly hurt but... they needed him. He was powerful and quick... and was good with protection...

Before he could ask, Ven butted in.


"That's right! We're going to win this and don't anyone dare think different! Don't doubt yourself and put in everything you got. That means you too Fuu." He looked at the silverette and smiled. He knew Fuu was hard on herself. No, she wasn't as experianced as the three Chasers but she was a police officer for most of her days... even as a kid kinda. She was already doing a great job with what little time she was with them. She'd get there.

He looked at the rest of them. "When things get tough... you need to start believing in each other... and never give up! We can do this!" He nodded proudly as a rip opened behind him. "Now come on... we have an old fart to beat the shit out of!" He called as he jumped into the tear.


His feet landed on scarce grass. The sun shown down on a village below, seeing the smoke from the chimneys as people cooked their meals. Women were at the river washing clothes and the vision of the palace in the far horizon was breath taking.

His blue eyes moved to the end of the cliff though, seeing a black figure. His eyes darkened as he felt Aero Maxim appear in his hand instantly. He could hear feet behind him, feeling everyone else jump in from behind him.

[Reno]

Roxas let Oblivion disappear so he could take her mourning lover's hand in his own. He looked at him, smiling softly. He knew the other was real upset about it - but even he had to abmit he fought better with keyblades that went with his strengths not against. And right now staying alive was more improtant then sentimental items. He loved the blade - it reminded him of Axel.

But then again Axel reminded him of Axel. He had his lover and even if they both had nothing but each other - not a single possessionary item to their name... that would be okay. He lfited the other's hand, kissing his knuckles. He chuckled lightly when Terra mentioned his temper. Yea- he got sloppy and reskless when he was pissed.


Donald smiled hearing that he and Goofy had to 'protect' each other. Easily done - they ahd already promsied the same thing to mickey so many years ago back when they went searching for Sora for the very frist time.


Sora frowned a bit, looking down as Fenrir was mentioned. He knew he was having problems with it;s weight difference - but hey he was the master of adaption! He;d make it work. He just... wnated ultima back more though. It increased his magical skill too - Fenrir was all power.


Aqua's eyes narrowed a bit. She smield when Ven spoke up trying to reassure Fuujin, and she drew an arm around her. no matter what she'd kee[ an eye out for her lover - there was no way she'd let Hatori hurt her Fuujy.


Sora chuckled, a large grin over his face as Ven gave his speech, watching him walk through his self-made portal. He couldn't help but blurt out, "Someone;s starting to sound alot like me."

Terra and Aqua both laughed at Sora's words - and then everyone walked through the portal.


Everyone soon landed on the other side, a lot struck by the sudden change from night to day. It was DAY in the Land of Dragons?!

Terra walked up next to Ven's side, Quciksand in his hand immediately.

Sora stood next to Riku, the weight of Fenrir coming back to him. He grit his teeth, eyes narrowing.

Oblivion snapped back into his hands as Roxas let go of Axel's hands, and he braced himself next to the other.

Donald held his staff tightly, eyes narrowing at the old Atterian. He was ready to go, magical energy beginning to bubble in his gut just waiting to be let out.

Keydom key shined brightly as Mickey stood up next to his kngith and mage, eyes angry as he stared at the Atterian.

Aqua was next to Fuujin of course, Tsuami in her hands just seconds later, her eyes drawn to Hatori. His back was too them, his whole form dark even as the sun shined down on them. He almost... seemed like a silhoutte.

His head turned, red eye gleaming through black strands, a malicious grin on his face and Terra was struck by how... familar the gaze was. He blinked, confused, and shook his head.

"So, the mice have come to feed the hungry leopord." Hatori laughed. He caught sight of Sora, and he turned completely. "Hmph, you should be dead." Sora growled at him.

Then he glanced at Fran. "And oh look, Fran my darling pet you're suddenly a traitor?"

He licked his lips, and finally his eyes landed on Terra. "And you... I'd say i'm surprised your raising your sword to me... however," He grinned evilly. "Atterians have destroyed each other for years. I guess you're more intune with your ancestry then you let on."

Terra growled. "Shut the fuck up!" He snapped. "The only thing WE'RE doing is kicking your ass so you'll stop hurting people."

Hatori blinked, then burst into laughter, as if it was the funniest thing he had ever heard. "You tweleve? Kill me?! that MUST be a joke." He rasied his hand, and suddenly a familar yet weirdly colored keyblade appeared in his hand. "but if you must try, I can only advise you now: say all your fucking sappy goodbyes now."

Sora gasped, eyes wide at the suddenly... grotesque looking blade. Ultima... what the hell did he do to Ultima?! It was black as if... all light and life had been sucked dry from it.

[Rikugurl]

Ven didn't hear the comment Sora had made... but if he did, he'd just reply that their mother indeed was on Happy Pills when she was pregnant for them!

As Riku landed, Way to Dawn quickly appeared. He growled as he watched Hatori. He almost snapped as he Sora should of been dead. Yea... maybe if it wasn't Sora. His silver hair blew in front of him as all of them glared at the man... not really wishing to say anything.

Fran huffed as she grabbed her bow proudly. She put her chin the the air as amber eyes beamed at him. "You were the one who left me with them... how was I suppose to return home?" That right there proved that she was really on neither their side nor Hatori. A typical pirate. As long as she got what she was after, she would do what she had to.

When Roxas' hand left his, he growled, watching the black figure. Fire stared to ignited in his hands and suddenly his red chakrams appeared. His spiky red hair blew too in the wind as he listened to the man... already feeling the fire in his heart rage. It was going to be hard keeping his temper.

A clear light appeared in both of Fujin's hands, then her own blue chakrams appeared. She frowned as she listened to the man tease Terra and cringed at his laughter... so much darkness came from him...


Ven stood in front of Terra, his keyblade swiping the air. He now had Ultima... and was shocked to see.... he had drained the keyblades' power. Was that... even possible? He never saw such a thing... never read or researched up on it... and they had been Chasers for quite awhile now... they knew as much as possible about keyblades.

He growled as his dark eyes looked at the man. He was about to protest when he heard the man swear. That was all fine and dandy, he cussed more than half a day and so did the rest of the Chasers... but his voice when he said it... it was so... He felt a ting in his heart but he ignored it. "You better cough up addresses for your own friends because they're the ones that will need an apology letter from us for kicking your ass!"

[Reno]

Hatori only smirked slightly when he heard Frans; response. Typical backstabbing pirate. that might be another reason he had liked her. she had a couple Atterian qualities that made her mildly attractive.

Aqua shivered as well as the man's swearing, noticing how similar it was to... Terra. She had no questions about it though - btu she saw a hint of fmailarity in Ven's eyes too - and Terra looked a little disturbed even.

Shit this could go down very bad. Yet... only if Hatori knew who Terra was. As long as he didn't...

Hatori looked at the blonde, then at his son, smirking. He could sense a small... rift - some uncertainty between them. Ah, typical. the fate of their kind. He slowly began to walk forward, staring straight into Ven's eyes, causing everyone to tense. "Friends? Boy, Atterians don't have friends. We kill them. And if you and he survive -" He nodded towards Terra, "Then you'll find out what it's like - being a part of the Atterian food chain." He laughed again, his voice much darker then before - if that was even possible.

Terra shook with unease. Damn it he didn't need Ven doubitng himself... and he sure as hell didn't need it either. "Bastard..." he hissed, eyes angry. He had to follow his own advice and keep his fucking temper in check - or he was going to be in trouble.

[Rikugurl]

Everyone tensed as Hatori started to come closer, ready to start the battle he did. Everyone's hand gripped their weapons tighter amd Goofy hid behind his shield a bit more than usual.

The only person who didn't do any of this was Ventus. He looked right into Hatori's eyes in fact, not flinching a muscle. He actually smirked. Blue clashed with the red as they stared each other down. Slowly he even lowered his keyblade. "I already know what it's like to be on the Atterian food chain, thank you very much... and I have to say, you guys have good taste."

He swiped his keyblade in the air again and grinned. "But how about this old man, if you survive... you can get down on your knees and taste me too." His eyes flickered as he slowly held out the back of his hand to Hatori and lifted his middle finger.... then started to give him a 'come to' gesture with it.


Riku blinked as he heard Ven. And that was Sora's brother?? He could never imagine Sora saying or doing anything quite like that.


Fuu was a bit baffled herself and could only laugh in her head, remember Terra saying that Ven needed to grow some balls. Look like he did.


Axel blinked and opened his mouth, almost excitingly. "Whoa...." He grinned and leaned in to Roxas. "He got buuuuuuuuuurned."

[Reno]

Terra's eyes widened, then he just outright laughed. THAT was the Ven he knew - smart mouthed mother fucker. He could kiss him! Of course he wasn't allowed too...

Aqua smirked widely. She would have applauded - but that would of looked utterly... odd.

Hatori's eyes narrowed dangerously at the brave and crude blonde. He smirked slowly. "my what a mouth." He came even closer to them, and Sora saw something gleaming now that he was nearer. metal... coiled metal... he had the whip on him too. the one he hadn't destroyed in the battle.

Hatori stoppped a certain distance away. "Suppose that;s what happens when little boys aren;t probably dealt with by their parents." He smashed the keyblade down, and black energy skating across the ground, breaking off into threes so it could cover the whole group.

[Rikugurl]

Ven's eyes brightened as he saw Hatori's eyes narrow. His smirk only increased. When he stopped, Ven got into stance, seeing that Hatori seemed fed up enough, the power in him itching to come out. And he was right.

The blast went through the mountain. Birds flew off and into the air as the power pushed through.

Riku blinked and quickly got out of the way. It did split the ground though, making a treacherous cavern. They would really have to watch their footing now.

Goofy shook and moved out of the way with Donald. "GWARSH!" He frowned and narrowed his eyes. It's starting... "Shield! Shield! Shield! Shield! Shield! Shield! Shield! Shield! Shield! Shield! Shield! Shield!" He called as he felt a shield wrap around his own body.

Fran frowned as she too saw the whip. Thankfully the other one had been damaged. He blinked when she felt the shield but she had saw it coming already. She made a movement with her hand as she dodged the blast, forming an arrow.

Fuu yelped as she dodged the blast in time then looked at Hatori. With a growl, she looked back down at the caverns that was made from the blast. She quickly pushed her arms up, a high wind wrapping around her. Suddenly high winds came from the bottom of the caverns and blew up towards them. If anyone happened to fall, they would be brought back up by the winds.

Axel moved out of the way too, his eyes becoming dark. He was about to make a warcry... when he stopped himself. Stay calm... Instead of pushed fire out towards Hatori, his arms started to go aflame, building up energy.


Ven dodged the blast with ease as well, glad that everyone did to. Seemed like everyone was awake now! He grinned and he quickly dashed towards Hatori in a fearless matter. "Yea well, my parents didn't get to raise me because some asshole with a keyblade decided to destroy my world. Guess this is what you fuckers get!" He grinned wider as she slashed towards the older man.

[Reno]

Terra scoffed, jumping right while Ven went left. He landed easily, his body rigid. He saw Ven already running for an attack and crushed, running after him. He wasn;t the least surprise at the barrier.

Donald quickly ran out of the way, calling as he went, "Haste, haste, haste, haste, haste, haste, haste, haste, haste, haste, haste, haste!!" that was a LOT of magic. The golden streams wrapped around everyone, giving them a speed edge.

Mickey jumped easily out of the way, looking at the cavern left behind. He nodded slowly as fuujin created the wind. good plan.

Aqua rushed out of the way, her lvoer two steps behind. they got out of the way thankfully. She stopped next to the other, her eyes narrowing.

Roxas crushed, high-jumping away, landing by Axel;s side. He growled angrily, the keyblades in his hands sparking. but like Axel he kept his temper in check.

Sora blinked in surprise, but he ran for it, falling into a dodge roll to get away. He landed in a crouch, his eyes narrowing, seeing his twin charging.


Hatori scoffed as Ven came near, his free hand going behind him and grabbing the whip. He jumped back from the boys poor excuse for an attack, and jumped again, high in the air and used a hovering ability so he didn;t come down. The metal went singing through the air moments later for Ven's unprotected back.

Terra, who had already cover the ground easily jumped, smacking his blade into the whip so it went wild without touching his best friend. he landed down a little aways from the other. fucking whip!!


Sora and Donald got the wrong move immediately, one Terra had coached them on. "THUNDER!" Two voices yelled, one raising a staff, the other a keyblade.

Hatori just chuckled. What fools. He might of been in the air... He lifted the black Ultima - letting the yellow streaks come down for him. "Balance." He said simply.

Terra looked up, confused. That wouldn't work unless he was on the ground! he was gonna get... fried...?

The electricity followed, down the keyblade, dancing voer the other's body.... and down the whip which was now touching the ground, dispersing it quickly and easily. Terra stared blankly. He'd... never seen that spell go through three mediums successfully before. it typically unstabilized the magic... well shit. And Hatori remianded unaffected.

Roxas cursed. "That fucking whip!" he snapped.

Hatori laughed before cracking the whip, down onto the two keybladers closest - Ven and Terra.

[Rikugurl]

It was odd from above he guessed to see everyone moving... even if Hatori was up in the air. They had to remember to keep moving.

Riku frowned as he stayed closed to Sora as they moved. His keyblade started to glow a dark purple and black. The glow on the end started to increase in power before Riku called out. "RAGNAROK!" Black energy balls flew from the tip of the energy and started to head after Hatori in the sky.

Fuu took notice at what Sora and Donald had did. She nodded and pointed her chakram at the man. "Tornado!" A powerful gust came from the heavens, swallowing around Hatori.

Axel grinned as he watched the tornado whirl, thinking of Sora's little trick. "BURN BABY, BURN!" He called, the red ancient symbols appearing and the fire was thrown up into the air. The wind caught it and started to pull it up with it, making it a fiery blast.

Ven growled, noting that he was going to be whipped in the back but gave a glance of appreciation to Terra. He tried to move from the next whip but the whip was suddenly stopped as it was pinned to the ground.... by an arrow?

[Reno]

Terra smiled back, shrugging.

Hatori growled as his weapon was pinned, giving it a violent shake and the arrow broke. Moments later, Riku;s attack was upon him. "Reflect!" he called, the barrier exploding around him, knocking the balls of course down to the 12 fighters. Seconds later the second joined it.

He flew right into the middle fo the tornado - where it was calmest. Eye of the storm and all. But then he saw fire... and it ignited. Hatori cursed, snapping up his whip, "Sandstorm!" He called, and from the ground, the hard rock turned into sand and began to join the tornado - canceling out the fire and no one could see Hatori anymore, the flames blocking the way. There was no way that WASN'T hurting him...

But the sand was qucikly mixing with the wind and fire - a bad combination. the three forces warred. The fire was canceled out by the sand - but Fuujin's wind stayed and now the sand covered their sight. He should of been barbaque by then anwyays...

Dark magic pushed outwards, falling onto many below, "Despell!"

The wind broke away and torrents of sand tumbled to the ground. Hatori was still floating there - uaharmed and wrapped up in his own whip, glowing white. It was if... the whip had acted like armor! He yanked his hand, distangling it from himself and flipped backwards, landing on a high ledge.


Roxas gave an angry cry. That was it that whip has got to go! He charged forward - his announcment drawing attention to him. Hatori's sight went towards him. It was exactly what he wanted.

"Come on!!" The blonde goaded. Oblivion was resonated purple light, energy seeming to pulse from it.

Hatori scoffed, cracking the whip towards the enraged blonde. He lost his temper too easily.

Gotcha. Roxas grinned in triumph, suddenly coming to a halt, feet scruffing against the floor. The metal of the whip flew towards him.. Roxas spun Oblivion in his finger tips, then braced the bottom of the hilt against the palm of his hand, shooting it forward so the keyblade swung through the air. "Magnet!"

He always thought the magic was rather horribly useless unless you were tyring to levitate a fucking refriderator. Now as he watched Oblivion suddenly hover in midair - stopping by a mystical force - the whip bending and creaking as it surronding the blade like a constricting snake - he found it wasn;t all that useless.

Hatori grunted, getting pulled with the magic and let the whip go. the glowing spell of magnet surrondied it - just as Oblivion's purple energy exploded outwards. Pieces of the whip went flying, smacking into the ground. utterly useless.

Oblivion swung in the air, and Roxas caught it easily, smirking triumphantly. It wasn't call OBLIVION for nothing. Unfortunetly, Hatori seemed unfazed - even uncaring about the loss of the weapon. Oh right - Atterians were magic users first, weaponists second. Crap.

[Rikugurl]

Riku growled as reflect was called. He continued to move though, his silver hair bouncing around. "Dispel!" He called out, his own balls of energy fizzling out into nothing. He watched Roxas do his next move and smiled. Even if Hatori was more of a mage than a warrior... getting the whip away from him was just another plus.

His eyes darkened as he continued to move close with Sora. His whole body started to swirl in a dark matter and his hand not holding the keyblade started to glow. "Dark Firaga!" He called, suddenly stopping and pointing his hand towards Hatori. Black fire balls started to blast out at the man. Even if it was fire, his was not an actual element...


Fran saw the fire being thrown at Hatori and narrowed her eyes, She quickly mustered up arrows and sent them flying in the matter of second.


Ventus, next to Terra saw all the commotion. He growled and headed up towards his twin. "Aero!" He called, brushing up some wind to distract Hatori.

[Reno]

Sora ran beside Riku, his eyes narrowing darkly as the other called his attack. Hatori wasn;t flinching. Frna sent arrows. Ah crap he had something bad in mind.

Wind came third.

"Wind!" Hatori counted back, the two forces of wind colliding and knocking the arrows off coruse. but Riku's attack went past all the commotion...

Sora saw him slip back into the stonr wall behind him. "He;s in the ground!" He warned, trying to sense the other out quickly.

Terra cursed, standing still even agains this own rules, his eyes narrowing as he felt the light tremors pass under him. It;s not exactly like he could do it RUNNING or anything. He had to feel the ground shifting.

Roxas looked over as Ven joined his side, then looked around for where Hatori would go. his heart sped up a little, glancing towards Axel, but Fuujin and Aqua were nearby.

Aqua ran with Fuujin along the sides of their battlfield. Her scouting ability went into place as she heard Sora's cry. He was traveling fast towards...

Mickey who had been running forward, his ears twitching and he suddenly turned around and ran back, covering the distance quickly, using his pwoer over darkness to aid him.

"DONALD! GOOFY!" Sora was the first to cry, several others following it.

Donald, completely unprepared for it - who attacked the poor innocent duck? - looking around franctically.

A dark shape jumped from the ground behind him.

"Gotcha."

"not this time!" Mickey squeaked, jumping over his two friends, hitting the other hard. Hatori flew back, but flipped, his keyblade skating into the ground and he landed harmlessly. He looked up growling at the mouse.

Mickey had gotten the first real hit on the guy!

[Rikugurl]

Riku stopped, seeing everyone move in a new direction now. They were getting nowhere fast. His eyes narrowed though. Fine... he liked playing disappearing games...

Suddenly Riku disappeared from Sora's side and some people noticed it. Unlike Hatori, Riku didn't go underground.
While Mickey was glaring down Hatori, Hatori's black hair blew a bit, as if a sudden thing passed him at the speed of light.

A keyblade suddenly slashed towards his back.


Goofy yelped as Mickey jumped over him. He ducked and quickly ran off, looking behind him. He hated running... but those were his orders! Knights had to follow their orders.


Fran easily could hear Hatori under the ground and watched him head for the two. Lucky, the mouse got them. However, when Riku disappeared, she didn't hear a sound. She saw him appear next to with her future sight and as quick as she could, she morphed her bow into the two swords again. She suddenly slammed a sword into the ground, making it crack all the way towards Hatori.

It was the ground that was cracking... but what was in it. Vines. The moment the crack got to Hatori, vines suddenly lashed out like whips, grabbing hold his ankles. They could easily be broken with the keblade... but it was the timing that would get him. He couldn't dodge Riku's attack if he was pinned to the floor for that second in time... or he would most likely trip.

[Reno]

Donald ran after Goofy, his little feathered heart beating rapidly in his chest. That had been close!

Hatori was tipped off only by the slight tremor in the ground when Riku's feet touched the ground, and the slight wind. He felt vines around his ankles moments later.

He knew he was in trouble, and he growled, his hand twisting back - more like claws now. they curled around Way to the Dawn just like they had gotten Bond - and this close up riku could see just how he was doing it. He was holding it by the claws alone - no part of his skin and palm was in conatact with the sharp metal at all.

Ultima came down on the vines with fire and Hatori sweeped backwards the hard blade smacking into Riku's side and sending him flying.

"Ri!" Sora cried, running in his husband's directin. how the hell - had he already transformed on them?!

"Curaga!" Donald cried from a distance.

"thats it!" Aqua snapped.

Seconds later, Hatori was slammed into the air by a torrent of water. The man growled, flipping in the air, mostly unaffected.

Terra raced across the ground, jumping after the other Atterian, his blade glowing gold. Hatori twisted, his own blade glowing and theirs smacked together.

Roxas and Sora recognized the positions in an instant... it looked similar to when they had fought for the first time.

Except this time, the golden energy from the blades shot downwards, hitting the ground. An earthquake trembled harshly, sending everyone off their feet.

Hatori pushed Terra away and the brunette went flipping, sliding back onto the shaking ground. He nearly lost his footing.

Hatori landed on an even higher ledge then before, looking down at all of them smirking. He slammed his keyblade down on the wall he stood upon and rgeat rocks chipped off from it, falling for the teams.

"AVALANCHE!" Terra, the first to notice, cried.

[Rikugurl]

Riku was in shock as he felt his keyblade stopped by.... claws? His eyes narrowed as he pushed harder, only to be hit in the ribs with a very powerful blast. "AAAAHHH!!" He went flying away, about to push Way to Dawn into the ground to stop himself from hitting hard when all of a sudden water burst from the ground.

Way to Dawn was thrown from his hand and way up above. He hit the ground hard and stumbled. A groan came from him as he lifted his head but the very strong majicj wrapped around him as his ribs didn't hurt anymore and some blood stopped coming from small scrapes.

He frowned, looking down to see that Way to Dawn was gone. He quickly looked around to see where it might of gone. If Hatori got his hand on the Soul Eater... He suddenly looked up, seeing an odd looking keyblade stuck in the side of the mountain. Great. He was about to rush for it... when he noticed that the rock it was stuck to was being cracked... and heading right for him.

His eyes widened as Terra's cry triggered. If he tried to get his keyblade now... he'd be crushed. "Shit!" He growled and quickly turned, grabbing Sora's arm and pulling him around to rush away with everyone else; to the mountain path leading to the river.


Fran frowned as she watched. She was about to make more arrows to get Hatori while they were in the deadlock... but they broke it too soon. With the arrows she had, she launched them up at Hatori but it was too far to really get a good aim.

She scoffed as she saw the rocks start to break. Damnit! They needed to get out of here! Turning, she started to run down the only path that lead for an escape.


Fujin's eyes narrowed as she saw the rocks coming towards them. She could possibly push them back up with the wind... but was she strong enough? Was Ven even that strong enough? They couldn't take their chances and especially not at a time like this.

She looked back at Aqua and took her hand, pulling her towards the way that lead down the mountain trail.


Goofy yelped and jumped as he saw the rocks start to fall towards them. They would crush them! He turned quickly and started to run away as fast as he could... but he wasn't the fastest thing on two legs.


That was why Ventus gave him and Goofy a boost to where everyone was headed. "WHHHHHHOA~" The dog fumbled as his feet went across the rock and grass but he caught himself at the end of the blast and just continued to run down with everyone else.

The blonde was the furthest from the exit and he didn't seem to care much. His eyes moved up, seeing the rock fall right to him. Dark blue narrowed as he suddenly jumped up and a blast of wind sent him up towards the rocks. He slashed at the first, making it crumble into small rocks. He pushed himself off a fragment and blasted off even higher. He did this until he reached the one that held Way to Dawn on it. He gripped the handle and suddenly...

The world started to warp. His eyes grew wide as Riku's keyblade seemed to try and suck the life from him. That was right... Way to Dawn was a Soul Eater keyblade... He shook his head and tried not to focus too much about it... but while he was stunned for that split second... and huge bolder smacked into him.

"AAAHH!!!" He went flying, not down, but over. He was able to stick Aero Maxim into the side of a bolder to catch his fall... but that only spun the damn thing in the air... and him with it. It finally dropped but bounced off from the ground and down the slopped land towards the cliff. "OOOOOOOOOOO FUUUUUUUUUCK MEEEEEEEE!!" Ven cried as he was being bounced down with the bolder. Since when did rocks bounce!?

He could careless... because now he was out in the air and flying... with the rock as it fell off the cliff. The wind pushed hard on his back but it didn't phase him... he was one with the wind! He yanked the keyblade out of the rock and pushed off it, going soaring into the sky. It was a long drop. A very... long drop. He fell down and at the bottom on the land, where everyone was headed, was a river. Some wind started to brew down below, waiting to catch Ven.

Even if it was waiting to save his fall, it wouldn't be a smooth landing. He finally hit it at max speed, feeling rocks hit him from the bolder he was riding exploding. He was thrashed into the ground by the river violently... but he was lucky he didn't break every bone in his body. He moaned, hearing the sound of the river and of more rocks crashing behind him.

He looked to his left hand, on the arm that was badly scared. Way to Dawn was gripped tightly... but it suddenly disappeared. His eyes widened as he could hear a clang in his head. Riku's keyblade... was now back at their base. SHIT! That was the downside of being a Chaser...

Now Riku was weaponless...

He slowly got up and looked towards the mountain path, hearing sounds of people running but no sign of them yet.


"To the river!" Riku called as he continued to run by Sora's side.

"Gwarsh!!" Goofy called as he ran down as fast as possible.

Axel didn't have a hard time getting anywhere fast. He was actually right behind Riku and Sora. With those crazy long legs of his...
In his arms... was Roxas. He was a short guy! He wanted to make sure his lover got out of there safely!

Fujin was next to Aqua all the way, looking back with her lover for any signs of Terra or Ven. Whenever Aqua stopped, Fuu would tug her to continue. The rocks were getting closer and on their tail... there was no time to stop!


Fran was among them... but unlike Fuu's idea, she did stop. Her amber eyes narrowed as she stood her ground. Her bow was raised high as she quickly made arrows. She shot them up at the large rocks. The minute they hit them, they exploded into smaller ones. It was better to have smaller rocks hit them than huge ones. She continued doing this, getting a good hang of getting ride of the ones chasing after the group.

That was when she had a sudden flash of the future. Another rock...
Fran darling, pirates are not suppose to be heroes." A British accent reminded her.
Her eyes widened as she looked up to her right, seeing a bolder coming right for her. She was so preoccupied to shoot it down... that another one suddenly hit her full force.

"YAAAAAA!!!!!!!" She was pushed into the air with the bolder and... fell off the trail completely. It was a long fall to the bamboo forest... and she had nothing to wrap her whip around. She was in the back of the group so no one could see her fall, and the rocks made so much noise that no one could hear her.

She fell down and down with the stray boulder. It passed her since she was lighter and hit the ground first. Her eyes only widened before she hit the earth...